Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American country singer from Texas. He was also in the Vietnam War. Alongside Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings, he formed the Highwaymen outlaw country music supergroup. Kris Kristofferson was of English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Scottish, Northern Irish, and Swiss descent.

His signature songs include Me and Bobby McGee, For the Good Times, Saturday Morning Coming Down, and Help Me Make it Through the Night. Similarly to Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., David Allan Coe, George Jones, and Merle Haggard, he was very influential for the country music genre.